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Here’s a treat for all of you iPad owners – BBC Books have announced the launch of the Doctor Who Encyclopedia for iPad! Developed by Brandwidth in partnership with BBC Books and written by former Doctor Who script editor Gary Russell, the app is the ultimate guide to seven years of thrilling Doctor Who adventures,…

Well they’re here at last! “What’s that?” you ask like some elderly relative visiting at Christmas: “What’s here?” The reprints of Lance Parkin’s BBC Books contributions, that’s what. Don’t tell me you’ve missed the almost constant coverage they’ve received from Ebury books and Auntie? You have? Well that might just be because there has been…

Alt.fiction and BBC Books present a host of Doctor Who & Torchwood authors at the Alt.Fiction Literature Festival in Derby on the 25th and 26th of June, and Paul Cornell and Rob Shearman are among the guests! An illustrious host of Doctor Who and Torchwood screenwriters and novelists will again be taking part in this…

Justin Richards is an important cog in the Doctor Who merchandise machine. Yes he’s the Creative Consultant for the BBC Books range, but more importantly he’s written some of the best Doctor Who fiction over the last few years. You’ve been associated with Doctor Who in print for quite sometime now, how did you first…

The Doctor Who Reprint Society managed to catch a rather fun interview with Doctor Who novelist Kate Orman earlier this month. If you’ve never read a Doctor Who book in your life or you’ve just forgotten your Whovian authors, Kate Orman’s Whoniverse resume includes The Left-Handed Hummingbird, Set Piece, Sleepy, Return of the Living Dad,…

BBC Books have announced the forthcoming publication of a novelisation of the great â€˜lostâ€™ Doctor Who serial Shada! Retelling an adventure that never made it to TV screens (despite several subsequent attempts), prolific Doctor Who TV script writer Gareth Roberts has adapted the original Douglas Adams draft scripts and production notes as well as original…

Third in the list of original Doctor Who novels set for release in April is The Way Through the Woods by Una McCormack. A time-hopping adventure featuring the Doctor, Amy and Rory, The Way Through the Woods joins Hunter’s Moon and The Dead of Winter as BBC Books’ first set of releases for 2011. â€˜The…